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Yu-Wu Zhong

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
11134
World Ranking
11125
National Ranking
1788

Yu-Wu Zhong publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yu-Wu Zhong sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 226 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Yu-Wu Zhong D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yu-Wu Zhong sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yu-Wu Zhong is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has contributed extensively to research in materials science, engineering, and chemistry. Their work spans several subfields, including materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, organic chemistry, polymers and plastics, and renewable energy, sustainability and the environment.

The scientist's research covers various main topics, notably luminescence and fluorescent materials, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, perovskite materials and applications, conducting polymers and applications, organic light-emitting diodes research, and synthesis and properties of aromatic compounds.

Their publication record includes articles in a range of scientific journals and venues, with frequent contributions to The Cambridge Structural Database, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, Science China Chemistry, and Inorganic Chemistry.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Yu-Wu Zhong include:

  • Frontiers in circularly polarized luminescence: molecular design, self-assembly, nanomaterials, and applications (2021, Science China Chemistry)
  • Recent progress in carbonyl-based organic polymers as promising electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) (2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A)
  • Recent progress in perovskite solar cells: material science (2022, Science China Chemistry)
  • Phase-heterojunction all-inorganic perovskite solar cells surpassing 21.5% efficiency (2023, Nature Energy)
  • A Covalent Organic Framework Film for Three-State Near-Infrared Electrochromism and a Molecular Logic Gate (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)

The scientist often collaborates with several frequent co-authors, including Jiang-Yang Shao, Zhong-Liang Gong, Jiannian Yao, Zhong-Qiu Li, and Fa-Feng Xu.

Best Publications

  • Electron injection from colloidal PbS quantum dots into titanium dioxide nanoparticles.

    Byung-Ryool Hyun;Yu-Wu. Zhong;Adam C. Bartnik;Liangfeng Sun

  • Frontiers in circularly polarized luminescence: molecular design, self-assembly, nanomaterials, and applications

    Zhong-Liang Gong;Xuefeng Zhu;Zhonghao Zhou;Si-Wei Zhang

  • An advance on exploring N-tert-butanesulfinyl imines in asymmetric synthesis of chiral amines.

    Guo-Qiang Lin;Ming-Hua Xu;Yu-Wu Zhong;Xing-Wen Sun

  • Direct measurement of the electric-field distribution in a light-emitting electrochemical cell.

    Jason D. Slinker;John A. DeFranco;Michael J. Jaquith;William R. Silveira

  • Oriented Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Framework Films for Near-Infrared Electrochromic Application.

    Qing Hao;Zhi-Juan Li;Cheng Lu;Bing Sun

  • Conductance Switching and Mechanisms in Single-Molecule Junctions

    Chuancheng Jia;Jinying Wang;Changjiang Yao;Yang Cao

  • Recent progress in carbonyl-based organic polymers as promising electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs)

    Hao Wang;Hao Wang;Hao Wang;Chang-Jiang Yao;Hai-Jing Nie;Ke-Zhi Wang

  • Recent progress in perovskite solar cells: material science

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  • Near-IR electrochromism in electropolymerized films of a biscyclometalated ruthenium complex bridged by 1,2,4,5-tetra(2-pyridyl)benzene.

    Chang-Jiang Yao;Yu-Wu Zhong;Hai-Jing Nie;Héctor D. Abruña

  • A highly efficient and direct approach for synthesis of enantiopure beta-amino alcohols by reductive cross-coupling of chiral N-tert-butanesulfinyl imines with aldehydes.

    Yu-Wu Zhong;Yi-Zhou Dong;Kai Fang;Kenji Izumi

  • Phase-heterojunction all-inorganic perovskite solar cells surpassing 21.5% efficiency

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  • Electrogenerated chemiluminescence from PbS quantum dots.

    Liangfeng Sun;Lei Bao;Byung-Ryool Hyun;Adam C. Bartnik

  • Charge delocalization in a cyclometalated bisruthenium complex bridged by a noninnocent 1,2,4,5-tetra(2-pyridyl)benzene ligand.

    Chang-Jiang Yao;Yu-Wu Zhong;Jiannian Yao

  • A Two-Dimensional Hole-Transporting Material for High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells with 20 % Average Efficiency.

    Qian-Qing Ge;Jiang-Yang Shao;Jie Ding;Li-Ye Deng

  • Operating mechanism of light-emitting electrochemical cells

    George G. Malliaras;Jason D. Slinker;John A. DeFranco;Michael J. Jaquith

  • Tuning of redox potentials by introducing a cyclometalated bond to bis-tridentate ruthenium(II) complexes bearing bis(N-methylbenzimidazolyl)benzene or -pyridine ligands.

    Wen Wen Yang;Yu Wu Zhong;Shinpei Yoshikawa;Jiang Yang Shao

  • Electronic coupling in cyclometalated ruthenium complexes

    Yu-Wu Zhong;Zhong-Liang Gong;Jiang-Yang Shao;Jiannian Yao

  • Three-state near-infrared electrochromism at the molecular scale.

    Bin-Bin Cui;Yu-Wu Zhong;Jiannian Yao

  • Photoluminescent Anisotropy Amplification in Polymorphic Organic Nanocrystals by Light-Harvesting Energy Transfer

    Meng-Jia Sun;Yingying Liu;Wei Zeng;Yong Sheng Zhao

  • Samarium diiodide-induced asymmetric synthesis of optically pure unsymmetrical vicinal diamines by reductive cross-coupling of nitrones with N-tert-butanesulfinyl imines.

    Yu-Wu Zhong;Ming-Hua Xu;Guo-Qiang Lin

  • In Situ Visualization of Assembly and Photonic Signal Processing in a Triplet Light-Harvesting Nanosystem

    Meng-Jia Sun;Yingying Liu;Yaming Yan;Rui Li

  • Electropolymerized films of vinyl-substituted polypyridine complexes: Synthesis, characterization, and applications

    Yu-Wu Zhong;Chang-Jiang Yao;Hai-Jing Nie

  • Single-Molecule Conductance of Pyridine-Terminated Dithienylethene Switch Molecules

    Eugenia S. Tam;Joshua J. Parks;William W. Shum;Yu-Wu Zhong

  • Temperature-Responsive Fluorescent Organoplatinum(II) Metallacycles

    Jian-Hong Tang;Jian-Hong Tang;Yue Sun;Zhong-Liang Gong;Zhong-Yu Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiannian Yao
Jiannian Yao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Héctor D. Abruña
Héctor D. Abruña Cornell University
Yutaka Matsuo
Yutaka Matsuo University of Tokyo
Ming-Hua Xu
Ming-Hua Xu Southern University of Science and Technology
Dong Wang
Dong Wang Peking University
Guo-Qiang Lin
Guo-Qiang Lin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Eiichi Nakamura
Eiichi Nakamura University of Tokyo
Li-Jun Wan
Li-Jun Wan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hao Wang
Hao Wang Swinburne University of Technology
Qiang Shi
Qiang Shi Chinese Academy of Sciences

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